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The University of Minnesota School of Nursing celebrated the graduation of students in the Master of Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice programs and the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing Master of Arts in Integrative Health and Wellbeing Coaching and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate programs at a commencement ceremony Dec. 16 at Northrop.
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The University of Minnesota School of Nursing was one of 10 schools in the country to be awarded a pilot grant by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for A Competency-Based Approach to Leadership Development and Resilience for Student Nurses, funded by Johnson & Johnson.
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The Fall 2022 Commencement Ceremony will be held on Dec. 16 at 2 p.m. at Northrop. Dana Erickson, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and its parent company Stella, will deliver the commencement address.
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PrairieCare and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing announced the formation of a collaboratory to facilitate working together to improve nursing practice, education and patient outcomes as it relates to mental health care.
![DNP students in Global Health and Management course traveled to Iceland with faculty in May.](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2022-10/iceland_group.jpg?itok=gLq_gyDv)
Recent signing extends partnership another 5 years
![Densford group](/sites/nursing.umn.edu/files/styles/magazine_listing/public/2022-10/densfordgroup_1000px.jpg?itok=a-snqXhw)
Collaborations key to moving toward health equity and improved health
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The American Academy of Nursing (AAN) announced that Clinical Professor Cheri Friedrich, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, IBCLC, FNAP, was inducted into the 2022 Class of Fellows.
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Rohovsky, Rothenberger, Thibodeau awarded the Richard Olding Beard Award